• KSBB Journal
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 1992

식물체 biomass 에너지 생산, 즉 메탄과 에탄올에서 부딪치는 제일 큰 문제는 식물체의 structural components, 즉 lignocellulose가 자연상태에서 발생하는 lactic acid bacteria에 의해 분해되지 않는데 있다. 이에 structural components의 주성분인 lignocellulose를 분해시키기 위해 여러 가지 처리를 가한 High Energy Sorghum에 C. celluluyticum과 B. succinogenes를 주입하여 그 효과를 이 논문에서 규명하였다. 살균한 High Energy Sorghum에 C. celluluyticum을 주입한 경과 cellobiose가 structural components에 생산되었다. 그러나, 살균처리를 안한 샘플에서는 C. celluluyticum가 lactic acid bacteria와 처리범위 내에서는 효과적으로 경쟁하지 못한 것으로 사료된다. 또, B. succinogenes도 High Energy Sorghum의 structural components를 어느 정도 분해시켰다. B. succinogenes에의한 cellobiose의 degradation에서 glucose와 succinte에 의해 inhibition은 없었다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.22-32
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• 2014

다양한 열화 인자에 의해 저감된 콘크리트의 내구성은 구조물의 구조적 성능과 사용 수명에 부정적인 영향을 미치게 되며 콘크리트 연구 분야 중에서도 매우 중요하고 매력적인 주제라고 할 수 있다. 이러한 이유로 콘크리트의 내구성과 관련된 많은 연구들이 발표되었으나 물리-화학적 열화에 기인하는 콘크리트의 본질적인 물성 변화에 주된 초점이 맞춰져 왔으며, 콘크리트 내구성과 구조물의 구조적 성능 사이의 관계 정립은 아직 미흡한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 콘크리트의 강도 감소에 원인이 되는 칼슘 용출 열화를 적용하였으며, 열화 정도에 따른 구조적 거동을 평가하기 위하여 열화 손상을 입은 콘크리트 부재의 압축 및 휨 거동 실험을 수행하고 그 결과를 비선형 유한요소해석 결과와 비교 분석하였다. 연구 결과에 따르면 칼슘 용출 열화는 콘크리트의 압축 강도를 저하시키며, 열화가 진행됨에 따라 취성 거동에서 연성 거동으로 변화되는 경향을 나타냈다. 또한 열화에 의한 압축 영역의 손상 정도가 심화될수록 RC 부재의 내하력과 강성은 저하되었으며, 이러한 구조적 거동은 ABAQUS의 CDP 모델을 사용한 비선형 유한요소해석의 결과와도 비교적 잘 일치하였다.

• 펄프종이기술
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.74-78
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• 2003

The structural property of phenolic and non-phenolic lignin has an effect on the reaction rate of lignin by oxygen and chlorine dioxide respectively. Moreover, the undesirable degradation of cellulose followed by lignin degradation is influenced by chemical charge and reaction time. In this paper, several lignin model compounds were used to illuminate the interaction of oxygen and chlorine dioxide by varying the position of O and D(OD, DO, ODO and DOD), and gas chromatography method was used to investigate the degradation of lignin by determining the content of methoxyl groups in lignin. It was shown that structural properties of lignin models were more influential on the degradation and demethylation of lignin than the above combination. Combination of oxygen and chlorine dioxide, however, was more effective in degradation of lignin than only one stage, and three stages than two stages.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.655-676
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• 2013

In this study, strength reduction factors and inelastic displacement ratios are investigated for SDOF systems with period range of 0.1-3.0 s considering soil structure interaction for earthquake motions recorded on soft soil. The effect of stiffness degradation on strength reduction factors and inelastic displacement ratios is investigated. The modified-Clough model is used to represent structures that exhibit significant stiffness degradation when subjected to reverse cyclic loading and the elastoplastic model is used to represent non-degrading structures. The effect of negative strain - hardening on the inelastic displacement and strength of structures is also investigated. Soil structure interacting systems are modeled and analyzed with effective period, effective damping and effective ductility values differing from fixed-base case. For inelastic time history analyses, Newmark method for step by step time integration was adapted in an in-house computer program. New equations are proposed for strength reduction factor and inelastic displacement ratio of interacting system as a function of structural period($\tilde{T}$, T) ductility (${\mu}$) and period lengthening ratio ($\tilde{T}$/T).

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.89-110
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• 2014

Nonlinear dynamic analyses are carried out to investigate the influence of the pinching hysteretic response of the exterior RC beam-column joints on the seismic behavior of multistory RC frame structures. The effect of the pinching on the local and global mechanisms of an 8-storey bare frame and an 8-storey pilotis type frame structure is evaluated. Further, an experimental data bank extracted from literature is used to acquire experimental experience of the range of the real levels that have to be considered for the pinching effect on the hysteretic response of the joints. Thus, three different cases for the hysteretic response of the joints are considered: (a) joints with strength and stiffness degradation characteristics but without pinching effect, (b) joints with strength degradation, stiffness degradation and low pinching effect and (c) joints with strength degradation, stiffness degradation and high pinching effect. For the simulation of the beam-column joints a special-purpose rotational spring element that incorporates the examined hysteretic options developed by the authors and implemented in a well-known nonlinear dynamic analysis program is employed for the analysis of the structural systems. The results of this study indicate that the effect of pinching on the local and global responses of the examined cases is not really significant at early stages of the seismic loading and especially in the cases when strength degradation in the core of exterior joint has occurred. Nevertheless in the cases when strength degradation does not occur in the joints the pinching may increase the demands for ductility and become critical for the columns at the base floor of the frame structures. Finally, as it was expected the ability for energy absorption was reduced due to pinching effect.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.391-398
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• 2011

철근콘크리트 구조물은 타설 후 시간이 경과함에 따라 물리적인 요인과 화학적인 요인으로 인하여 열화가 진행된다. 열화된 구조물의 효율적인 구조해석을 수행하기 위하여 구조물의 거동과 밀접한 관련이 있는 중요열화변수를 정의하는 것은 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 경년열화된 철근콘크리트 전단벽의 중요변수를 분석하기 위하여 일계이차모멘트법을 이용하여 민감도해석을 수행하였다. 콘크리트의 경화현상을 고려하지 않을 경우 구조물의 열화성능이 과소평가될 수 있으므로 콘크리트의 경화에 따른 해석변수들의 민감도를 분석하였다. 열화된 전단벽에서 변수의 중요도는 토네이도 다이어그램으로 나타내었다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.1398-1407
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• 2000

The structural steels of power plant show the decrease of mechanical properties due to degradation such as temper embrittlement, creep damage and softening during long-term operation at high temper ature. The typical causes of material degradation damage are the creation and coarsening of carbides(M23C6, M6C) and the segregation of impurities(P, Sb and Sn) to grain boundary. It is also well known that material degradation induces the cleavage fracture and increases the ductile-brittle transition temperature of steels. So, it is very important to evaluate degradation damage to secure the reliable and efficient service condition and to prevent brittle failure in service. However, it would not be appropriate to sample a large test piece from in-service components. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a couple of new approaches to the non-destructive estimation technique which may be applicable to assessing the material degradation of the components with not to influence their essential strength. The purpose of this study is to propose and establish a new electrochemical technique for non-destructive evaluation of material degradation damage for Cr-Mo steels which is widely used in the high temperature structural components. And the electrochemical anodic polarization test results are compared with those of semi-nondestructive SP test.

• Coupled systems mechanics
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.27-52
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• 2014

For landfill monitoring and aftercare, long-term prognoses of emission and deformation behaviour are required. Landfills may be considered as heterogeneous porous soil-like structures, in which flow and transport processes of gases and liquids interact with local material degradation and mechanical deformation of the solid skeleton. Therefore, in the framework of continuous porous media mechanics a model is developed that permits the investigation of coupled mechanical, hydraulical and biochemical processes in municipal solid waste landfills.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.99-110
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• 2017

Service life assessments which do not include the synergy between mechanical and environmental loading are neglecting a factor that can have a significant impact on structural safety and durability assessment. The degradation of concrete structure is a result of the combined effect of environmental and mechanical factors. In order to make service life design realistic it is necessary to consider both of these factors acting simultaneously. This paper deals with the advanced modelling of concrete carbonation and chloride ingress into concrete using stochastic 1D and 2D models. Widely accepted models incorporated into the new fib Model Code 2010 are extended to include factors that reflect the coupled effects of mechanical and environmental loads on the durability and reliability of reinforced concrete structures. An example of cooling tower degradation by carbonation and an example of a bended reinforced concrete beam kept for several years in salt fog are numerically studied to show the capability of the stochastic approach. The modelled degradation measures are compared with experimental results, leading to good agreement.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.1061-1070
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• 2014

An iterative hybrid structural dynamic reliability prediction model has been developed under multiple-time interval loads with and without consideration of stochastic structural strength degradation. Firstly, multiple-time interval loads have been substituted by the equivalent interval load. The equivalent interval load and structural strength are assumed as random variables. For structural reliability problem with random and interval variables, the interval variables can be converted to uniformly distributed random variables. Secondly, structural reliability with interval and stochastic variables is computed iteratively using the first order second moment method according to the stress-strength interference theory. Finally, the proposed method is verified by three examples which show that the method is practicable, rational and gives accurate prediction.